Chargers DC implies Tre Boston's replacement already on roster

Chargers DC implies Tre Boston's replacement already on roster

Free agent safety Tre Boston remains in limbo as to where he will play in 2018, but should he not return to Los Angeles it isn’t a sure bet that general manager Tom Telesco will draft a FS in the 2018 NFL draft.

Defensive coordinator Gus Bradley mentioned two players that are currently on the roster as sound replacements for Boston in second-year safety Rayshawn Jenkins and second-year defensive back Desmond King Monday, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Dan Woike.

Bradley would go on to explain to Woike that Jenkins was a better fit in that role than King, but that both were capable of doing the job. Jenkins posted a 77.2 Pro Football Focus grade in coverage in 2017 as a rookie but appeared almost solely on special teams given how deep L.A. was in their secondary one season ago.

Meanwhile, King has all the looks of an All-Pro player, not just a Pro Bowler. However, his slighter frame is more well-suited to playing CB at the NFL level.

It was that same aforementioned deep secondary that Boston was the direct benefactor of, seeing his Pro Football Focus coverage grade soar to being the best at his position in the NFL in 2017.